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5.5.2 Syntax for `Backup-specs'

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`backup-specs' is in shell script syntax. The following conventions should be considered when editing the script: @quote-arg

A quoted string is considered to be contiguous, even if it is on more than one line. Therefore, you cannot include commented-out lines within a multi-line quoted string. BACKUP_FILES and BACKUP_DIRS are the two most likely parameters to be multi-line.

A quoted string typically cannot contain wildcards. In `backup-specs', however, the parameters BACKUP_DIRS and BACKUP_FILES can contain wildcards.


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